ASAA All-State Art

  • Competition Results
  • Judge Bios
  • About ASAA
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Competition Categories
    • Ceramics (18)
    • Communication Arts (14)
    • Drawing (19)
    • Jewelry/Metalsmithing (8)
    • Mixed Media (19)
    • Multicultural Art (3)
    • Painting (36)
    • Photography (4)
    • Printmaking (7)
    • Sculpture (12)
  • School Entries
  • Best of Show
  • Congressional Award

Bedroom in Discovery

March 20, 2014 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Bedroom in Discovery
Category: Painting – 2014
Student/Artist’s Name: Chloe Smith
School: Palmer High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: In the mass media, mental hospitals are portrayed as scary and dangerous, and so there is a stigma produced. But this stigma isn’t true. I spent time in a mental hospital, and the hospital was calm, safe, and friendly. In this painting I presented a mental hospital room, an appropriation piece based off of Vincent van Gogh’s “Bedroom in Arles.” I also used details I remembered from my own time spent in the Discovery unit in Anchorage. I chose to do an appropriation of Van Gogh’s because I wanted his calming style to help the room look safe and calming itself, and also because Van Gogh spent time in a mental hospital himself. With these connections I hope to communicate the real conditions of modern day mental hospitals.
Artwork Dimensions: 24 inches high x 30 inches wide
Full Size Image: http://artalaska.org/wp-content/uploads/bedroom-in-discovery.jpg

Filed Under: Painting – 2014 Tagged With: Palmer - 2014

Copyright © 2022 · ASAA All-State Art Competition · All Rights Reserved